Economics

The 1990-91 season could easily force the Moscow leadership to rival the horrors of
Stalin’s forced collectivization campaign and the resulting famine, during which 8
million Ukrainians and 2 million Kazakhs starved to death. Which nationality will
be sacrificed this time?

Salomon Brothers needed someone to help them get rid of Jim Wright and ram Bush’s
S&L bailout scheme through Congress, so they collected on their generous financial
support for Foley’s congressional campaign.

Feature

Shortly before the social democrat Raul Alfonsín took office in December 1983, EIR published a Spanish-language book on how the Argentine economy could be rebuilt after
the ravages of the previous military junta and civil upheaval. Alfonsín ignored that
advice, and is now handing an utterly shattered economy to Peronist Carlos Menem.

National

Up until the final vote confirming George Bush’s nominee as ambassador to South Korea,
everyone knew he was lying about Bush’s Irangate role. The senators voted for him
anyway—but that’s not the end of the story.